Box for garments



H- F. TIEDEMANN.

BOX FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1922 1A359673, Patented Nov. M, 1922.

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HENRY F. TIEDEMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO .THEO. TIEDEM IANN & SONS,

' INC., 015 NEW- YOBK, N/Y A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Application filed September 12,1922. Serial No. 587,692.

TOFJZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known th-at I, HENRY F. TIEDEMANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New 65 York, have invented a certain new and use- I ful Improvement in Boxes for Garments;

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a box or receptacle adapted to be used for containing articles of wearing apparel and particularly suits of clothing, dresses, coats, waists, burial shrouds or like articles. An object of this inventionv is to provide a box of this character for holding such articles and displaying them in such a manner as to show the garment as it appears when in use, and permitting a box of comparatively small capacity to be used for a garment. M A further object ofthis invention is to rovide a garment box with suitable means or retaining the garment within the box in such a'manner asto prevent undue creasing or folding of the garment, yet which will allow the garment to be readily removed from the box for the purpose of display and replaced within the box in its former position.

One of-the difliculties had with garments .held in a folded position in a box, is the formation of a transverse fold-or. crease in the garment, particularly when the garment is made of a thin material. and when it is retained in the box ina folded position for any 'length of time. A still further object therefore, of this invention, is to provide means within a box for retaining a garment therein in a folded position without the possibility of folds or creases being formed in the garment. I 1

J These and other objects areaccomplish'ed by my invention, a more particular description of which will a pear hereinafter.

Reference is to be "ad to the accompanyin drawing, forming a part hereof, 1n

w ich Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the box tray;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view so of the box and its'oontents, and

Figure 3 is a iplanview of the box and its contents, wit the cover removed, and parts being broken away to disclose construction.

.box.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar partsn In the preferred embodiment of my in.-

.vention, as disclosed in the accompanying drawing, the box is shown providedwith a bottom 1, longitudinal sides 2 and ends 3 and 1. The upper edge of the box is reinforced by means of a strip 5 secured on the inner face of the'box along the edge. The box may be 'ofany desired shape orform to accommodate the contents, and the box herein shown is of a substantially rectangular form and comparatively shallow indepth. A cover, hinged or otherwise, may be rovided.

. t 6 is shown the garment adapted to be held by the box.- The garment herein disclosed is a burial shroud, but it will be obvious that any garment may be retained within the box .in a similar manner The garment in this instance, is, when in its normal position, longer than the box, and in order to properly fit therein, is doubled or'folded transversely as at 7, the fold being located at 7 adjacent the end 3 of the 'member which is in the-nature of a flat tray having a bottom 12 and upwardly-extending sides 13. These two longitudinal side's13 are connected at one end by a rod 14: over which the garment is folded on the line 7. The bottom 12 of the tray terminates a distance from the rod so that the under fold of the garment-extends gradually; up towards the rod 14, over the same and'has its upper portion lying flat upon the bottom of the tray. (SeeFigure 2. To retain the tray within the box, portions of the sides 13 located" opposite to the rod Mare cutaway to provide shoulder portions 15 which project-below the frame 5 at the end 4' of the box. This arrangement holds one endof the tray within'the'box, the other end being held in position by pressure of the cover of the box.,

To removethe garment from the'box, the hook 9 is disengaged fromthe hook 10, and

the end, of the tray at which the rod 14: is located, is lifted and the tray and garment may be lifted out of the box.

- From the foregoing, it is obvious that my.

a bottom adapted to lie between the folds of' the garment, said tray having a pair of upwardly projecting side members, and a rodconnecting said side members stem end thereof.

2 An article of the class described comprising a box, a tray adapted to fit therein, said tray having a' pair of upwardly ex tending longitudinal sides, said sides proj ecting beyond the bottom of the tray at one end thereof, and a rod extending between and connecting said projecting portions the sides- 3. An article of the class described comprising a box adapted to contain a garment in folded condition, a tray adapted to lie between the folds of saidgarment, said tray having a bottom and a palr of side members extending upwardly-therefrom, a rodconnecting said side members at one end with portions of said side members cut away at the opposite end to form shoulders adapt ed to lie under portions of the box.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 7th day of September, 1922.

HENRY FITIEDEMANN. 

